DUSTIN NGUYEN /// duss005

For comic book buffs, Dustin Nguyen is a familiar name among the long endless list of talented comic artist and illustrators. Nguyen’s body of work includes titles for both DC Comics and Wildstorm, with projects including Wildcats v3.0, The Authority Revolution, Batman, Superman/Batman, and Manifest Eternity.

I just had a recent conversation with one of our authors, Bunnyman (a huge comic book enthusiast), about how over the recent years, comic book art has definitely crossed over to the fine art realm in terms style and delivery in almost every aspect.

"I am a storyteller. My art is the expression of a carefully chosen moment, captured from a larger narrative. This story is constantly playing, moving forward and changing, as each painting alters the course of the narrative. As it ignites my imagination for the next. So the road is never a straight line." -Mark Heine, Victoria, BC

In 1949 Pablo Picasso was visited by Gjon Mili, a photographer and lighting innovator, who introduced Picasso to his photographs of ice skaters with lights attached to their skates. Immediately Picasso started making images in the air with a small flashlight in a dark room. This series of photos became known as Picasso's "light drawings."

Feast your eyes on mind melting landscapes from Zhou Fan aka Chou Fan. The artist is based out of Shanghai, China, who typically paints with acrylics. We previously featured another one his bizarre yet beautiful illustrated series back in May 2010.